Icaria (genus)

Short description: Genus of wasps

Icaria

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Family:  | Vespidae
Subfamily:  | Polistinae
Tribe:  | Ropalidiini
Genus:  | Icaria
Species

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Icaria  is a genus of eusocial paper wasps in the Ropalidiini tribe. It contains the following species:

* Icaria africana (Cameron, 1910)
* Icaria cariniscutis Cameron, 1910
* Icaria cayayanensis Ashmead, 1905
* Icaria fasciata Smith, 1858
* Icaria kohni Buysson, 1909
* Icaria pruinosa Cameron 1906
* Icaria xanthopoda Cameron, 1902

## Enemy species

An enemy of Icaria is the Vespa deusta, which will invade and rob Icaria nests.[1]

## References

1. ↑ (March, 1919). Economic Entomology: Pamphlets. Atlanta: Georgia State Board of Entomology. Volume 128, pp. 165-166. Accessed 30 December 2011.

Wikidata ☰ Q5985046 entry

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